Psalm 10:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppressed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts, You will cause Your ear to hear,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

Common English Bible

¹⁷ LORD, you listen to the desires of those who suffer. You steady their hearts; you listen closely to them,

Psalm 10:17 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you.

2 Chronicles 29:36

And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people, for the thing had come about suddenly.

2 Chronicles 30:12

The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the officials commanded by the word of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.

Psalm 102:17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desire of all who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

Psalm 37:4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 9:18

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dread will come upon them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Isaiah 65:24

Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with groanings too deep for words.

Ephesians 2:18

for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Ephesians 3:12

in whom we have access in boldness and confidence through faith in him.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

James 4:6

But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 3:12

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”